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leather

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛðə/

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Definition of leather

noun

1 [mass noun] a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process: [as modifier]:a leather jacket
(leathers) leather clothes, especially those worn by a motorcyclist: he was dressed head to toe in black leathers

2a piece of leather as a polishing cloth.

3short for stirrup leather.

verb

[with object] informal, chiefly British

beat or thrash (someone):he caught me and leathered me black and blue (as noun leathering)go, before you get a leathering
strike or kick (a ball) very hard:Carlos took his customary 20-metre sprint up to the ball and leathered it

Origin:

Old English lether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leder, from an Indo-European root shared by Irish leathar and Welsh lledr

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